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Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877), called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a cotton planter, slave owner and trader, Confederate Army general during the American Civil War, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and president of the Selma, Marion, & Memphis Railroad.

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We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we not be brothers and sisters?

Air, Brother, Brothers, Land, Soil

Attack in all directions!

Attack, Directions

We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.

Color, Country, Let, Together

Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us come together and stand together.

Abolish, Ku Klux Klan, League, Let, Stand, War

I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar.

Army, Beggar, Dollars, Half

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.

Color, Join, Man, Men, No Respect, Young

I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. You can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous.

Field, Government, Law, Obey, Soldiers, War

I done told you twice already goddammit no!

Already, Civil War, Done, Told, War

Forward, men, and mix with them.

Forward, Men, Mix, War

Never stand and take a charge. . . charge them too.

Charge, Stand, Take, Taking Charge

I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.

Civil War, Come, Command, Purpose, War

I loved the old government in 1861. I loved the old Constitution yet. I think it is the best government in the world, if administered as it was before the war. I do not hate it; I am opposing now only the radical revolutionists who are trying to destroy it. I believe that party to be composed, as I know it is in Tennessee, of the worst men on Gods earth - men who would not hesitate at no crime, and who have only one object in view - to enrich themselves.

Crime, Hate, Hesitate, Party, Think, War

Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.

Badass, Kill Me, Kills, Lives, Nobody, Tell

What I desire most of you, my son, is never to gamble or swear. These are baneful vices.

Desire, Son, Vices, War

Men, do as I say and I will always lead you to victory.

Lead, Men, Say, Victory, War